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To: Michelino who wrote (151)	2/27/1998 11:36:00 AM
From: raven	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 263

Just because I choose to IGNONE someone does not in any way impair someone's ability to post or be heard by anyone who wants too read their posts. By not having an IGNORE button you are forcing me to look at their post whether I read it or not. raven

To: Michelino who wrote (151)	2/27/1998 9:42:00 PM
From: Bull4Now	Respond to of 263

Michael; Agreed. At a conference with thousands of discussions around you, one can choose to walk away from any discussion or leave the conference all together. If someone involved in a group discussion says something you don't agree with (even though others may agree with it), you can choose to "ignore" their comments even though you are still partially "listening" to them. I feel that giving everyone an unconditional ability to shut people off will breed isolationism. It's almost prejudicial to globally state that one particular person will never say anything that might benefit, enlighten, or educate you. Even if it's from something completely ludicrous that they have said. I haven't seen the messages in reference to the FONR thread. I did look for any flagrant comments, but wasn't able to find any. Granted I only spent ten minutes quickly scanning for them. There certainly is a difference between giving one's comments versus strangling a thread with streams of totally irrelevant or callous statements. But, aren't there other ways of dealing with occurrences such as these ? I learned at an early age from my mother that ignoring someone by not responding to them was an excellent way of getting them to leave you alone - it never meant I didn't hear what they were saying. I try to be careful what I say and how I say things to people based a lot on those experiences. I can't imagine that the occurrences of this type of behavior are rampant on SI, but I may be mistaken. In the time it takes me to "next" through ten messages I may be able to read one post. Even if I "set ignore = 1" on someone there will be half a dozen other people who feel compelled to respond to the things the person I ignore posts. This "Jerry Springer" effect feeds the fire and increases the number of posts I must wade through to get to the posts that "please me". There are better low-technology ways of dealing with societal issues such as these. I don't believe the prejudicial ignore button is one of them. How will one ever know if the person one is ignoring has reformed if one never hears them ? Best Regards